Ionization of the earth's atmosphere by solar and galactic cosmic rays

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-101

  Usoskin, Ilya G ^a   Desorgher, Laurent ^b   Velinov, Peter ^c   Storini, Marisa ^d   Flückiger, Erwin O ^b   Bütikofer, Rolf ^b   Kovaltsov, Gennady A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c SOLAR TERRESTRIAL INFLUENCES LABORATORY   (Bulgaria)

^d INAF   (Italy)

^e IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Cosmic rays; Ionization; Solar activity; Solar terrestrial relations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; IONIZATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; IONIZING RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; DIRECT MEASUREMENTS; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; EARTH'S ATMOSPHERES; GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; GLOBAL SCALES; HIGH ALTITUDES; NUMERICAL MODELS; POLAR REGIONS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR ACTIVITY LEVELS; SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE EVENTS; SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL RELATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION;

COSMIC RAY; IONIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 58049192944     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-008-0019-9     Document Type: Article

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